Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-18
COOL COMBINATIONS.
Self-Possessed Woman's Story of the
 Earthquake.

A Self-Possessed Woman's Story of the
 Earthquake.
 lady correspondent, writing to the Lon don Telegram from Monte Carlo, gives rather interesting account of her earthquake experiences. She and her son, young lad, occupied beds in one chamber, and her maid was in an adjoining room. When the shock took place her hrst sensation was that the beds were violently shaken. Then the china and glass were shattered, and the windows vibrated to such a degree that she expected they would be broken. Immediately realt- zing what had taken place, she jumped out of bed and made her way into the corridor, where she heard the screams of lady in adjoining chamber. Proceeding thisher, she found the lady in highly hysterical condi tion, but with the assistance of her son and maid servant she succeeded in pacifying her. Passing along the corridor to the principal staircase of the hotel, our correspondent was astonished to find several ladies in their bed gowns and gentlemen with no more clothing than their shirts and socks on wildly rushing about and giving utterance to loud exclama- tions of alarm. The lady, being rather self possessed, thought the best thing she could do
 under the circumstances was to light ciga- rette, which she accordingly did, and observ- Ing the distressed cOnQlGlOn or the laO1es ana many of the men, told her servant to give | them some brandy and soda water. This seemed to have good effect Having rem dered all the assistance in her power, the | lady, accompanied by her son, went ont for 1 walk to what was going on. In the | streets they met many other parties doubt 1 less on the same errand of inquiry; but l there was really very little disorder or cause | for fright. Returning to her hotel, she in- duced one of the walters to supply her with some light refreshment, and while she was eating an egg another shock occurred, which affected her in a singular way. As she her self describes it. she experienced the sensa- tion commonly described as 'epins and nee dles." Later in the day she went to the Condamine, where she learned that consider able damage had been done, and the people I had been much more violently affected by | the earthquake than they were at Monte Car | To. On her return to the hotel she found ev- | ery5ody most anxious to get away at once; | but reports came in that Nice, Mentone | and Cannes had suffered far more severely, | the general desire to make 8 sudden depar- | ture was modified and gave place to a feeling
 of bewilderment, nobody being quite sure | what they should do for the best The lady in question adds: ''My boy and maid, Nan
 nie, behaved splendidly y. 1 am quite proud l of the boy. Mamie stayed and helped the
 hysterical old lady to pack up" Our core | spondent concludes her letter in the follow |
 trying one for most people, am now go- l ing to bed as usual-at least that is my pres
 ent determination. A quake may come or
 it may not-let us hope for the best"
 Parson Ryder's Deal.
 1 From the Chicago Mail
 The Rev. W. H. Ryder, the rich parson,
 has been pulled out of the slough into which
 John R. Hoxie dragged him, and instead of
 a loss of seventy-fve thousand dollars, he
 will probably clear that much profit by his | gas speculation. The gas clique really de-
 serves some consideration for having taken
 this eloquent and lovsble divine under its
 wing, and for having pulled him out from 8
 very distressing up to very desirable posi-
 tion. When the Consumers Gas company
 was first organized and its stock was the
 fashion, Parson Ryder, whose fortune
 amounted to about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, went into the stock with a
 rush. It has always been supposed that cum
 ming old John R. Hoxie, who had about
 three thousand shares of the stock, which he